The Official TR10 Wish List

This is the official wishlist for the next TR game (TR10). All feedback we receive from the community will be added to the OP and will be presented to the TR dev team.

Please review the list of wishes in the OP before posting new wishes - if your wish is already there, then just copy&paste it (including the wish #) and then we'll increase the vote count by 1.

Please state your wish or vote in bold, red text, so to make it stand out from the explanations and discussions in this thread. Explanations and discussions can be elaborate, but keep the actual wishes to be added to the OP short and to the point (see list below).

28. Lara's main scars, like above her hip should be permanently on her. (136)51. Keep Lara's look as they are. (121)
52. Give Lara bigger breasts. (10)87. More mature and little bit sexier Lara. (26)
88. Lara topless or even sex scene (it's 18+ now)! (19)112. Lara's eyes should be brown, not pale greenish. (25)
122. make Lara get wet/bloody/dirty in real-time (85)139. Keep Lara clothed/modest so it doesn't cheapen the game. (50)
146. Keep Lara's Amulet (56)165. Give Lara a Braid (10)
183. Make Lara age. (12)184. Keep lara ageless . (9)
189. Let her age very slowly. (11)192. Give her a more sporty ass and belly. (2)
195. Stay with the same face design in render- and ingame-graphics (14)208. Lara has a longer pony tail (almost down to the waist). (7)
222. Lara appears with her hair down in a cutscene. (39)224. Use Lara's face from TR9 standard edition for TR10, not the TRDE face. (46)
225. Use the brand new Def Ed Lara in the next game (16)229. Give Samantha longer hair. (11)
254. Lara gets a tattoo for every meaningful event in her life. And Lara loves her tattoos. (2)275. Give Lara hair a reddish-brown tint to it. Or give Lara red highlights in her hair. (4)

atmosphere

16. Keep the gritty horror & dark lighting atmosphere. (121)148. less of Lara's whining and constant talking, it ruins the atmosphere (11)
151. more mysterious and uneasy atmosphere, not just gory (59)269. More exotic atmosphere. Lost pyramids and all. The tombs in TR9 were quite trivial boring (13)
293. Random change of weather and day&night time. (1)

characters

35. Keep Samantha (139)
67. Better secondary characters. (66)71. No more Samantha Nishimura in future games, not even mention her. (24)
72. Keep Jonah in next game, and give him more helpful in the game by making him part of the combat or so. (18)75. Winston to appear (32)
76. Use 'ah ha' plink for secrets throughout game (35)79. Give Lara some sharp wit humour (103)
85. Completely new secondary characters in every new game. (13)97. Acquaintance and friendship with Amanda Evert. (16)
118. New, significant characters. (14)132. Subtle reference to Alex, Roth & Grim -- like photos in Croft Manor or something. (57)
144. Bring back Alex (2)150. more cold-blooded and cool Lara (11)
190. The new Lara should have a subtle coolness. (8)193. Add a flirting scene with natural behavior (38)
203. Lara should have some sort of "flaw". Temperamentally and physical. (43)204. Bring Back Kurtis (3)
212. Keep Lara's father missing/dead, but have Lara's mother's location known (7)243. Allow more time for secondary characters to develop (14)
260. Lara doesn't have any sexuality at all (5)261. Keep Lara's sexuality 100% ambiguous. Hints are fine but (if any) in both directions, please. (8)
262. In lieu of romance, Lara adopts a cat instead for Croft Manor/Flat levels (3)263. Amanda returns and is probably connected to Trinity. (3)
276. Give Lara back her British accent (8)280. Bring In Danny (from the comics) (1)
283. Let Lara will herself through her troubles and conflicts. (1)

clothing

18. More outfits. (99)
26. Lara in shorts. (32)27. Keep the long pants. (82)
30. Able to choose and costume Lara's load out. (40)43. Having Lara's famous backpack. (55)
73. Lara in a dress (29)74. Return of the TR1/Anniversary Classic outfit (28)
102. Customizable haircut, clothes and equipment. (34)248. Ability to change outfit integrated into gameplay (11)
265. Make Lara's outfits (including DLCs) wear and tear in proportion to its use in game. (14)

damage system

167. Lara should burst into Flames aswell and not just die when she is standing on the fire (25)
168. Lara should have her Flesh torn off through an Animation when she is in Water full of Piranhas. (7)180. Make Lara more vulnerable to bullets and long falls (34)
188. Lara should be able to avoid severe injury. (7)227. I want more realistic VFX (especially the blood fx in TR9 look strange). (36)
230. Well-elaborated and realistic death animations everytime you die. Just like in The Last of Us. (39)235. Keep persistent character damage (25)
239. Injuries to have bigger impact, e.g. heavier breathing / more emotional dialogue (without impairing gameplay much). (64)268. The bones must make that lovely cracking noise we were so used to hear when she falls (6)
271. Reduce the amount of splatter/gore scenes (5)

emotion

50. Keep Lara's human side. (151)
206. Lara got knowledge about psychology (9)234. Lara should be scared of something. Something rather rediculous like the Corgi of her aunt in the old TR. (34)
253. Lara displays her emotions on her sleeve, she's a foul-mouthed firebrand with a hair-trigger temper. (4)

96. Having Hi-Tech gear. (21)136. More gear instead of just the axe. (21)
279. Campervan as a hub base camp (essentially, a campsite +1) (1)

gameplay

1. Lara should be able to swim/dive under water. (143)
10. More stealth opportunities, like avoiding enemies/ non-lethal take downs. (126)11. Less combat more exploring. (71)
36. Samantha as a playable character. (40)37. Having side missions. (94)
38. More animal enemies. (61)40. Having no MP. Just SP. (53)
42. More plat forming. (51)46. Random food hunting like fishing, finding fruits, etc. (65)
47. Having a grapple hook. (33)56. Combining/crafting system. (47)
57. Make documents to a cut scene or a slide show with spoken text. (34)58. Keep the amount of combat the same. (33)
64. If MP returns, add a Co-op mode. (36)82. Lara learn some martial arts techniques during the game. (69)
89. No linearity at all. Even in action-packed levels you should have at least to ways of going through. (65)90. More searchable containers/ items hidden within and with context (39)
100. better artificial inteligence for the enemies please (28)101. To make the game more interactive with several options events and a lot of endings (32)
104. Lara's combat experience allows her to count enemies' shots so she can predict their reloads. (18)106. The option to downgrade gear and to disable acquired gear upgrades. (15)
107. Make clearing a room a puzzle within itself. (25)113. Bring back the HANDSTAND POWER! (22)
114. More variety of gameplay situations. Like parachute steering and Lara as a bait for wolfs in TR9. (52)116. Challenging parkour mixed with deadly traps (30)
126. Interactive dialogues as the Angel of Darkness (20)131. Keep Lara's journal. (99)
141. Keep the leveling up and weapon upgrade systems. (42)142. Use of turrets. (5)
162. More varied executions. (22)169. We should use a Shovel to dig a hole that leads to a Secret Entrance into a Cave (10)
171. Lara should say the Classic TR2 Croft Manor Line: Welcome Back, after that Grueling Island Business Last Year. (7)172. Make Tombs Mandatory (12)
205. variable, intelligent use of environment to kill enemies (30)219. Allow Lara to hide/escape from enemies after she has engaged them (38)
221. Make water more of a combat element (12)240. Allow Lara to shoot whilst swinging from a rope/vine (14)
247. Give us Romance options (6)284. Having "Hero Mode" option unlock after beating/completing the game to use as option with starting new games. (1)
288. Less action sequences, more exploration. (1)

6. Different locations to explore, like Egypt, Peru, etc. (103)232. Have fake optional tombs that reveal passageways to the actual temple or tomb. (14)
233. Unlock larger more complex tombs by completing a certain number of smaller tombs (optional tombs only) (19)244. Allow us to venture to Lara's London flat (Like Croft Manor) (11)

mechanic

5. Keep secret tombs secret. No bells and arrows to point it out. (88)8. No QTE. (29)
9. Keep QTE. (70)23. Acrobatic moves. (77)
31. Weight system like how much Lara carry will affect her jump range and sprint speed etc. (28)41. Replay chapters. (83)
45. Keep axe-climbing. (87)48. Choices affect the story. Like playing lethal or non-lethal. (43)
53. Keep the gameplay mechanic. (88)55. Remove survival instinct. (37)
61. Keep survival instinct. (47)68. Do Swan dives. (47)
69. The ability to turn off helper buttons. Just like LAU had. (40)70. Sprint system (66)
83. Ability to set and create traps. (44)93. Restore the 3rd-person above-Lara's-shoulder camera lock of the early TR games, at least as a toggleable option. (14)
94. Stealth crouch button as an addition to auto-cover. (39)95. No drops on the camera/screen when Lara is around water! (10)
98. Manual Grab Option (20)99. Screenshot Feature (20)
103. Sprint in singleplayer. (34)105. Having Sprint jump function. (37)
109. X-Axis inversion for PS3. (7)111. Add an option for Auto-Aim (10)
120. More realistic weapon animations. (29)129. Keep the organic method of finding weapons in TR9 off dead/dying people. (39)
130. Keep looting of enemies, even if just for ammo purposes. (60)155. Get rid of or at least give an option to remove the fourth wall graphics. ie: the raindrops on the lens, lens flare etc. (11)
156. Have a checkbox to tone down/turn off the gore and blood. (9)137. Keep drops of water on camera near splashing water and in rain. (38)
138. Keep blood droplets on screen during QTE, scavenging, and finishing attacks. (37)158. More rewards for completion percentage. (23)
159. A Hardcore/Survival mode. (18)166. A Quick Save/Load System, get rid of Checkpoints. (20)
173. allow players a way to modify weather and time in postgame freeroam (8)174. keep the "tomb discovered" music intact (not the tombs nearby bells sound). (14)
176. A TR3 style of choosing where to go, as in what Location in the world do i want to go to next. (5)179. Add Flares, especially for underwater dark tunnels. (19)
191. Keep the slow development of her skills and character. (45)201. Eating for health. (10)
207. Add a crouch toggle (to coincide with the auto crouch) (6)209. Missed (non-explosive -and flaming) arrows should be recoverable. (14)
210. The axe-charge from multiplayer -would also be- in singleplayer. (3)215. Keep the Skills we gained when we start a New Game again, then gain more skills in the New Game (8)
217. Make Parachutes a collectable item, allowing us to dive off of cliffs and land safely where we want (12)223. Let the game randomize enemy setups, spawn points and patrol paths. (12)
226. southpaw control stick option (4)245. A Quick Save, Save and Load System, with Checkpoints for auto-save (7)
246. Give us Dialogue options (9)255. Make the whole game a QTE with occasional cinematic episodes. (2)
264. Add a time limit on ledge dangling (as seen in AoD) in the hardest difficulty (5)273. Her in-game movements to be less clumsy, she kinda tanked around and tripped a lot in the original (no judgements however seeing as she was new to it all). So, a refined, poised Croft would be amazing (2)
291. MUCH less cut scenes and dialog in the middle of gameplay. (1)292. Video-capture feature. (1)

multiplayer

39. Having Co-op. (44)140. Local multiplayer, playable with CPU players as well as friends. (10)
145. Keep the Multiplayer but with more flexibility on characters. (7)258. No crazy MP trophies (7)
277. Add a Survivor multiplayer mode (3)

music

177. Bring back the Classic TR Theme Song, but with a twist. (14)
178. Keep the TR9 Theme Song but with a twist. (28)287. Keep the TR9 Theme Song. (2)

other

267. Give a toggleable option to remove all game info from the screen in order to enable clean screenshots of the game. (3)270. ADD CREATE MODE, SO THAT PLAYERS CAN CUSTOMIZE TOMBS AND LEVEL (4)
272. Cinematic viewer in the extras menu (a la Tomb Raider: Legend) I loved that I could go back and watch the cutscenes). (9)

product

78. Sell all multiplayer DLC maps together in one pack rather than seperately (21)
115. Engenuity in creation of levels. Like in classic Tomb Raider games. Lots of rooms and corridors where easy to get lost. (30)117. Make a current-gen version available. (12)
123. Keep Jason Graves for the Music (63)125. Tomb Raider Sequel: 3D compatibility (6)
128. CE should contain a solid figurine, a full soundtrack and a steelbook. (25)133. Don't keep Alice David as the French voice / Bring back Françoise Cadol. (3)
143. Bring back the scavenger hunt for preorder bonuses. (3)196. TressFX should be more realistic and organic. (7)
197. Keep Nora Tschirner as the German voice. (5)198. Don't cut scenes/storylines right before release (13)
199. make Lara pose for taking screenshots. (5)200. Less camera shacking. (4)
278. No Steam requirement on the retail disc (2)281. Steam Workshop support. (1)
282. Make the game available on PS and PC, not just XBone. (22)286. Keep this series of TR as it's own series, no links to old games (1)
289. Bring Tomb Raider back to its roots and keep the franchise alive the way it used to be. (1)

production

62. Keep Rhianna Pratchett (93)
236. A new story writer. (6)238. A full, extensive "making of/Behind the scenes" (i.e. much more than TR9's TFH) (30)
242. Keep the fluidity of traversing the world (6)274. Add a Photo Mode Just like in Infamous Second Son. (3)

puzzles

7. Harder Puzzles (120)80. A lot more puzzles. (97)
81. Ability to set the difficulty level of puzzles. So if you want challenge - you can have one. (21)220. Make water more of a puzzle element (12)
285. Variety in puzzles, such as different difficulties with each puzzle but a good mix of them. (1)

relationships

32. Lara having a relationship. (16)
33. Lara is in a relationship with Samantha. (131)34. Keep Lara single. (67)
231. Lara has a thing for/crush on Samantha or vice versa. (110)237. Keep any kind of boy/girlfriend appearances to the comics. (4)
251. Lara has a thing for everybody regardless of sex, or anything else for that matter. (4)252. Lara also eventually kills anyone that loves her, she's a psychopath. (2)

story

24. More background about Lara's past. (107)49. No supernatural elements. (14)
66. More engaging story. (37)77. Conclude the issues related to Lara's parents (22)
84. More supernatural elements. (51)91. Lose the profanity - regardless of the 18+ rating. (12)
92. Return to the unreal. (12)119. More intricate story. (18)
149. no more parent-related plot or hints (10)152. no "dramatic" cutscenes like the heroic death of Roth (5)
153. feeling of loneliness - no headset (20)154. less concentration on "Lara's human side" (7)
157. More exposition in the introduction. (4)160. Have this story arc be a parallel timeline to the original games. (6)
163. Lara returning to Yamatai, even for just a short time to find out more about the island's past. (6)175. Less cinematics. (8)
181. Focus the story on Lara recovering a mythical relic, not saving others. (15)182. add Spiders and Snakes in TR10 (10)
185. Lara's Green Necklace should be part of the story in TR10 (39)186. Put in Giant Spiders (6)
187. No Spiders or Spiderwebs (4)194. Add more rendered cutscenes. (5)
202. Add in more Set Pieces. (8)259. Keep the story coherent, plausible and make it not feel artificial, (7)

vehicles

22. Having vehicles. (65)216. Add a motorbike as an optional mode of traversing the new world (11)

I would really love for there to be a nice swan dive moment.
The ability to turn off helper buttons. Just like LAU had.

And my votes go to:

1. Lara should be able to swim/dive under water.
4. More Tombs to explore and should take longer.
5. Keep secret tombs secret. No bells and arrows to point it out.
7. Harder Puzzles.
14. Dual pistols.
17. Having traps.
18. More outfits.
20. Keep it 18+ rated.
24. More background about Lara’s past.
26. Lara in shorts.
28. Lara’s main scars, like above her hip should be permanently on her.
34. Keep Lara single.
41. Replay chapters.
43. Having Lara’s famous backpack.
44. No white ledges.
55. Remove survival instinct.
54. Keep Camilla. (Even though we already know they are.)

1. Lara should be able to swim/dive under water.
2. Make TR open world. 3. Bigger HUBs to explore.
4. More Tombs to explore and should take longer.
6. Different locations to explore, like Egypt, Peru, etc.7. Harder Puzzles
8. No QTE.
10. More stealth opportunities, like avoiding enemies/ non-lethal take downs.
12. Keeping the Bow.13. Keep the climbing axe.
14. Dual pistols.
18. More outfits, but not as DLC.19. More boss fights.
20. Keep it 18+ rated. [Yes I love all the S and F words ]21. Croft Manor.
22. Having vehicles.23. Acrobatic moves.25. Health packs. No regenerating health.31. Weight system like how much Lara carry will affect her jump range and sprint speed etc.
34. Keep Lara single. [And no more kissing to other NPC ]37. Having side missions.
38. More animal enemies.
40. Having no MP. Just SP. (4)41. Replay chapters.43. Having Lara’s famous backpack.
44. No white ledges.
46. Random food hunting like fishing, finding fruits, etc.47. Having a grapple hook.
50. Keep Lara’s human side.51. Keep Lara’s look as they are.53. Keep the gameplay mechanic.
54. Keep Camilla.55. Remove survival instinct.
56. Combining/crafting system.
58. Keep the amount of combat the same.67. Better secondary characters.
68. Do Swan dives.69. The ability to turn off helper buttons. Just like LAU had.

And from my own:
- Sprint system
- No more Samantha Nishimura in future games, not even mention her.
- Keep Jonah in next game, and give him more helpful in the game by making him part of the combat or so.

My additional wishes
72. Lara in a dress
73. Return of the TR1/Anniversary Classic outfit
74. Winston to appear
75. Use 'ah ha' plink for secrets throughout game
76. Conclude the issues related to Lara's parents
77. Sell all multiplayer DLC maps together in one pack rather than seperately
78. Give Lara some sharp wit humour

1. Lara should be able to swim/dive under water.
3. Bigger HUBs to explore.
4. More Tombs to explore and should take longer. (for me this is for Story tombs)
5. Keep secret tombs secret. No bells and arrows to point it out.
7. Harder Puzzles
8. No QTE. *
10. More stealth opportunities, like avoiding enemies/ non-lethal take downs.
11. Less combat more exploring.
12. Keeping the Bow.
13. Keep the climbing axe.
17. Having traps.
20. Keep it 18+ rated.
24. More background about Lara’s past.*
28. Lara’s main scars, like above her hip should be permanently on her.
29. Survive the environment more.
40. Having no MP. Just SP.
41. Replay chapters.
42. More platforming.
44. No white ledges.
45. Keep axe-climbing.
50. Keep Lara’s human side. *
51. Keep Lara’s look as they are.
53. Keep the gameplay mechanic. (?)
54. Keep Camilla.
55. Remove survival instinct.
56. Combining/crafting system.
62. Keep Rhianna Pratchett
69. The ability to turn off helper buttons. Just like LAU had.
72. Keep Jonah in next game, and give him more helpful in the game by making him part of the combat or so. Or Reyes

I took out the boss fights one, but that doesn't mean I dont want boss fights, what I'd like to see is a puzzle element to the boss fights, and to make it less of a QTE fight and more of a good old regular fight, while using different fighting methods. Bosses should feel different to regular enemies.

* I am not entirely against QTEs, but they must be sparse and be such that they form a different approach to normal gameplay/combat.

*While I wouldn't want as much focus on Lara as this game, I feel that there is room for more development; it would feel false if she goes from an amateur and vulnerable, more human Lara, who does scare, who does hurt, who does show many emotions, to someone who is 100% competent and sure of herself, who doesn't react to what's happening, who doesn't feel pain (emotional or physical).